“The real war will never get in the books.”

“Forth from the war emerging,a book I have made, the words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything, a book separate, not link'd with the rest nor felt by the intellect, but you ye untold latencies will thrill to every page.”

“The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.”

“When I Read the Book"When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man's life? And so will some one when I am dead and gone write my life? (As if any man really knew aught of my life,Why even I myself I often think know little or nothing of my real life, Only a few hints, a few diffused faint clews and indirections I seek for my own use to trace out here.)”

“The words of my book are nothing, the drift of it everything.”

“To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all. ”

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”